Overshoe



Heb. 2,1932. i s, RQSENFELD 1,843,406

OVERSHOE Filed Feb. 7, 1928 SLL Rosenflc gmc/who@ Patented Feb. 2, 1932 SARA nosnitrniin, or ciiioeeo, inmivors Appiicaiion med February 7,'1928. ser'iai No. 252,485.

This invention aims to provide protector for shoes vand stockings, so constructed that it can be put on and taken off easily, the leg'- Aging being reinforced so that it will stand erect, even though it is made of material which is somewhat flexible. I

It is within the province of the 'disclosure to improve generally Vand to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description'pro-- ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and inthe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being lunderstood changes in the precise embodimentrof theinvention herein disclosed maybe made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. ,v

In the accompanying drawings-: Figure lv shows in perspective, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a crosssection on line 22,l

Figure l.

The device forming the subject matterl of this application may be made of any suitable material or combination of materials, and it includes a body, sometimes vforined ofv rubber and shaped to conform to the outline ofv a. shoe, whatever the outline of the. shoe may be. n the rear end of the body l, at the back thereof there is an opening 2. This opening 2 is adapted to receive the heel 3 of the article of footwear, and the sizeof the opening 2 will be regulated by the cross sectional shape of the heel 3. The heel may be of any size and shape, and the article can be used withV a shoe which has no heel at all. Agtrough,n shaped legging 4 is secured in of the bodyl and has straight tially vertical forward edges 5. 4 is preferably made of cravenette or rubber, like the body l, and reinforcingstrip's 6 are secured to the innerfsurfaces of the legging 4; along the vertical forward edges 5, the strips 6 being made of cravenette or rubber, canvas, .or' any suitable material. Y Stiffeners 7 are Y housed within the reinforcing strips 6 and are held by the reinforcing strips 6 against the that.Y

kmade up of separable parts, as shown at 12,

the rear endv and Y substan The legging .sides of the legging'4e The'stiffeners 7 are resilient 'or springy, and may bel made of metal,-whalebone, Celluloid or vany other subystance', having the'fnecessary flexibility and v which are united detachably by a fastenerv l0 l i of any desired sort. For the sake o f a'djust-V men't,^inore than one of thev fasteners l() are used'.v The numeral :llmarks afband which is located below vtheband 8f, the band 11 being the overlapped ends of the parts l2 being held together by separable vfasteners 14.V The'rear ends of the Yparts 12 of the band 11 extend 70 between the legging 4 and the reinforcingV strips 6, and, the band 11 is held assembled with the article. .The function of the bands 11 and 8, of course, is to hold the legging 4 about the leg of the wearer.

rllhe device is so constructed that it will afford adequate protection in rainy or sloppy weather not only for a shoe but, as well, forV the stocking ofthe wearer, it Vbeing a matter of common knowledge that water very often is spattered up on the back of a stocking. By way of summary,the device hereinafter claimed is an article which, although capable l of standing erect, nevertheless possesses flexibility and to attain thes-e ends, there is provided the body l having heel-receiving means 2, a trough-shaped legging 4 being mounted on the body. Means 11 is extended forwardly from the leggingv 4 Aandconstitutes means for securing the legging on the leg ofthe 90 flexibilityof fthe legging is enhanced by the fact that the space A-B between the lower edge 81 of said means 11 and the upper edge 9 30 ofthe body l is open, and of greater length than the distance B-C from the lower edge :31" of said means 11 to the top 32 ofv the leg-p f ging. The flexibility kof the legging Ais further eiihanced b-y the fact that it has the straight forward edges 5, and because the legging is shallower, as shown at D-E in Figure 2 than the heel receiving means 2, measured from the rear 33 of the over-shoe toward the toe 34; thereof.

What is claimed is An over-shoe comprising a body having a hole through which a heel can protrude, a trough-shaped legging mounted on the body, means extended forwardly from the legging for securing the legging on the leg of the wearer, the flexibility of the legging being enhanced by the fact that the space between the lower edge of said means and the upper edge of the body is open and of greater length than the distance from the lower edge of said' Y means to the top of the legging, and the eX- ibility of the legging being further enhanced by the fact that it has straight forward edges and is shallower, throughout its entire length, than the said hole. measured fromthe rear of the overshoe toward the toe thereof, and stiff-eners extended longitudinally of the legging and constituting means whereby the legging will stand erect and hold its place on the leg of the wearer when the securing means is detached from the leg of the wearer.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

SARA ROSENFELD. 

